Senior Software Engineer - Docs Engineering - Documentation

Overview Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI. What is The Role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Docs Engineering Team. In this role, you will bring your technical expertise to our distributed team in order to build, maintain, and support our documentation platform, tooling and pipelines. You will also work alongside a variety of stakeholders to understand business needs, plan and design solutions, and rollout and promote systems and processes. Versatility and an interest in working across a range of projects and programming languages is essential. We are looking for a formidable systems thinker, a polyglot engineer who views programming languages as tools rather than identities. Someone who knows how to build software using the right methods, both established and new, and who has a drive to improve efficiency and automation through intelligent and informed choices. The Docs Engineering Team is responsible for making available documentation to both internal and external users across the entire Elastic ecosystem. We do this by providing utilities, platforms and processes by which documentation can be authored, organized and delivered in both traditional and emerging ways. So as part of our Docs Engineering Team, you won't just be maintaining a platform, you'll be building the sophisticated tooling and pipelines that deliver documentation to the world. You will have the autonomy to help lead the effort in redefining how technical documentation is authored and delivered. If you are a self-motivated engineer who enjoys solving high-level architectural puzzles and isn't afraid to get their hands dirty across different stacks, we want to talk to you. Prior experience with the Elastic product suite is not essential, but is beneficial. What You Will Be Doing You'll be developing, maintaining, and supporting software that bridges the gap between content creation and high-scale delivery. You'll work in a multi-language environment across a range of technologies. You'll leverage AI-assisted coding and emerging tools to radically improve engineering efficiency and automation. You'll work alongside the Product Team and other stakeholders to translate business needs into elegant, scalable deployment patterns and processes. You\ 'll maintain a relentless focus on usability, ensuring our documentation platforms provide a world-class experience for developers. What You Bring You have proven experience in building, releasing, supporting and maintaining software products for a broad user base. You have a minimum 8 years of recent software engineering experience, with proficiency in a variety of programming languages. You are comfortable with AI-assisted coding and have a drive to integrate these tools into the modern development lifecycle. You can demonstrate a deep understanding of industry best practices, complex architectures, and the nuances of distributed systems. You have a strong focus on usability and developer experience. You have a genuine interest in technology. You have excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills. You can think clearly, work independently, and collaborate effectively across a remote, global team. Ideally, you also have prior experience of Elastic products (though this is not essential). Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are;
we need you for what you can do. We strive to have parity of benefits across regions, and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do. Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary Health coverage for you and your family in many locations Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles Generous number of vacation days each year Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave Security & Privacy Responsibilities Take ownership of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data and systems by following applicable privacy and security policies, standards, and procedures. Ensure that all individual contributions follow Elastic’s Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF). Proactively participate in mandatory role-based training to ensure personal technical execution consistently aligns with the highest standards of data protection, data privacy, and system resilience. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or perception, national origin, age, marital status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws and can view the following posters: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Poster, and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster. Please see here for our Privacy Statement. #J-18808-Ljbffr